The traditional role of the façade, historically centered on providing protection against environmental conditions and reducing CO₂ emissions, has been significantly redefined through advances in software technologies and material sciences. These developments have led to the emergence of the façade system as a structurally independent component functioning as an active regulator of energy consumption, thereby creating new opportunities for research and innovation. One approach to studying these systems involves the application of folding principles derived from origami, which facilitates the design of modular geometric structures capable of dynamic environmental responses. Façades composed of interconnected, homogeneous elements can effectively regulate daylight penetration and thermal energy accumulation, particularly in zones exposed to direct external influences.

To further develop such systems, it is essential to design an origami pattern whose geometric and mechanical characteristics can potentially respond to the given structural and technical challenges. This study explores the potential application of selected origami patterns in kinetic façade systems, with a focus on analyzing the actuation mechanisms that control the movement of geometric modules. Furthermore, the research evaluates the justification for integrating kinetic façade systems into contemporary architectural practice, with the aim of contributing to the development of sustainable, adaptive, and energy-efficient building envelopes.

In this paper, three case studies of various natures, scales and positions within the discipline are identified and analyzed as exemplary of Vojvodina in the discussion of large-scale projects of socialist Yugoslavia. The interpretive-historical method is used to describe and interpret the case studies, while primary sources are subjected to qualitative content analysis in order to extract the underlying narratives of these projects, as well as to establish their position more firmly in the field. The first one is the Grand Canal Danube-Tisa-Danube (DTD waterway), the biggest spatial project of Vojvodina, conceptualized by the engineer Nikola Mirkov in 1947 and completed by the early 1980s. The second is the case of two plans for road and railway networks in Vojvodina by the architect Dimitrije Marinković, from his 1950 General Plan of Novi Sad, which proved to be more visionary than plans made by spatial planning institutions since. The third case is a network of memorial graveyards Rohalj Baze (1973) and Jabuka (1974) on the Fruška Gora mountain by the architect Milorad Berbakov, as an example of a new landscape-based paradigm of Yugoslav memorial architecture in Vojvodina. The questions discussed in this paper are as follows: 1) the importance of narratives for the success of a project; 2) the expanded definition of projects to include networks; 3) arts as networks (with Neoplanta Film as a showcase); 4) the creative output of individual creators versus institutions.

The discipline of preserving cultural monuments faces the challenge of large-scale contemporary and living heritage, which should be adequately documented and evaluated in order to be effectively protected and preserved. The valorization of architectural heritage, especially its most modern part, requires extensive consideration and estimation due to unstable social conditions, frequently changing purposes and temporal devastation. Many reasons can greatly affect our experience of the past as well as the conclusions, judgments and values we attribute to its monuments. This paper explores approaches to evaluating post-World War II architecture using the example of the Presidential Palace in New Belgrade. The research goal is to contribute to the objective valorization of the building based on different perceptions of the built structure and its surroundings through time, as well as specific meanings and emotions it causes for contemporaries.